The Turkobath

Add this to the 'inventions that flopped' folder. Susan Flynn, 20, gets ready to enjoy the "Turkobath" (i.e. a portable Turkish bath). This 1956 invention consisted of "a slotted plastic sheet with rubber suction cups that turn an ordinary home bathtub into a steam cabinet."

I can imagine that as the bath water cooled, you were left with a cold piece of plastic wrapped around you.

     Posted By: Alex - Tue Sep 10, 2013
     Category: Inventions | Baths, Showers and Other Cleansing Methods | 1950s





Comments
I'd have only been in it to 'Flynn' it 😉
Posted by BrokeDad in Midwest US on 09/10/13 at 02:19 PM
It is all in the marketing. Should have been called the "Peek-A-Bath".
Posted by KDP on 09/10/13 at 04:18 PM
I guess for a '56 model she looks OK.

:red: Oh.... Yea.... Naw, not one of mankind's greater inventions.
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 09/11/13 at 12:58 AM
Easier to assemble than Patty's new bed frame. Last time we talked she was looking for the long bolt between the two nuts. :gulp:
Posted by BrokeDad in Midwest US on 09/11/13 at 01:03 AM
I don't think those come standard you have to order them off the internet.
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 09/11/13 at 05:18 AM
This is Alex testing the comment system. Please ignore.


Alex, you should know that any utterance from VIPs can't be ignored!
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 09/12/13 at 12:21 AM
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